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DN
07-26-2005, 06:15 PM
Look,

I hadn't planned on ranting, but I've seen a few too many people linking to that one site's survey that tells you what character you are in the last few days and had to change a few signatures. If it keeps up, I'll start banning a few of you.

Not only are the bleach ones too large, but our policy regarding licensed content downloading is pretty clear. Yes, the anime is unlicensed and we haven't exactly decided where we stand on that yet, but they also let you download the manga which you can buy elsewhere in English and is clearly forbidden in the rules.

On a related note, I might as well rant about a pet peeve of mine. Some of you may have been to other boards where the signature sizes were really large and you spent minutes waiting for the full length movies to download that people were sticking in their sigs. This is not one of those boards. Large sigs make reading conversations a pain in the ass and are just plain annoying. We don't care what anime character you most resemble or what your favorite fruit is. Those on 56k connections don't need to see the entire latest episode of your favorite anime in your sig every time they try to read a thread.

We don't care if you put a simple ad for you own website in your sig, but quit bombarding us all with large animations or advertisements to stuff that probably even you don't care about after 5 minutes.

So, having said all that, everyone reading this please look at your signatures right now to see if you are violating our already generous rules.

Personal Signatures:

Personal signatures are not uploaded, so we will be monitoring them and you will need to keep them within the following constraints:

No wider than 468 pixels, no higher than 60 pixels. The file size must be 20 KB or smaller. Any associated text should be 120 characters or less (including spaces).

Your entire sig (including text) should fit within this space:
http://www.polykarbonbbs.com/pkfiles/faq/SigSizes.gif


If you are, I suggest you change your sig in the near future please, especially if you're still linking to that bleach site.

Thank you. Please proceed now to curse under your breath at what an evil fascist I am and have a nice day. ;)

Snowfox
07-26-2005, 07:03 PM
Yes, thank you.

Gaara
07-26-2005, 07:11 PM
DN is the regulator.

Onwakariudo
07-26-2005, 07:21 PM
Damn, I was definitely one of the violators then, sorry about that.

satanicpanic
07-26-2005, 07:37 PM
So I cant keep my dancing kitty signature???? =(

Onwakariudo
07-26-2005, 07:56 PM
So I cant keep my dancing kitty signature???? =(
its over the size limit, so i guess not.

Snowfox
07-26-2005, 08:12 PM
Just look for "GIF wizard" or something on http://www.google.com/, put that GIF's address into it and compress. Do it a couple times if the first one doesn't put it under 20kb.

Steasaurus
07-27-2005, 08:41 AM
bwahahahahahahahahha... my sig is just text... it won't let you use too much text.
The whole mentioning the offending site by name thing kinda almost defeats the purpose though right? aren't more people that didn't know about it going to know about it now?

PhisH
07-27-2005, 09:20 AM
No because DN trust your morals.

DN
07-27-2005, 09:56 AM
The whole mentioning the offending site by name thing kinda almost defeats the purpose though right?

Good point, but oh well. This thread won't be here forever. It'll also remind people not to put similar links in the future.

[edit] Problem solved.

Xion Valkyrie
07-27-2005, 10:27 AM
Shouldn't this be in the member's lounge so more people can see it? The sig size thing seems pretty important for everyone to view.

Manga Sims
07-27-2005, 10:33 AM
Shouldn't this be in the main forum so more people can see it? The sig size thing seems pretty important for everyone to view.

Ditto.

Snowfox
07-27-2005, 10:33 AM
Yeah, who would have thought that there was a whole section about it?

DN
07-27-2005, 11:00 AM
Yeah, I considerd that too, but I chose to put it here because of the bleach stuff. I may just move it with the redirect.

LUNCHBOX
07-27-2005, 12:27 PM
LOL yeah big sigs are annoying, but i was just wondering. Do people still use 56k??

Snowfox
07-27-2005, 12:30 PM
Yes.

meerkat
07-27-2005, 12:35 PM
Yes, I have 56K

Seems pathetic doesnt it

DN
07-27-2005, 12:39 PM
At least two of our mods are on 56k still, so yes. I know neither of them appreciate having to download ridiculously large files when they don't need to.

LUNCHBOX
07-27-2005, 12:42 PM
I can imagine. I remember using 56k it was like watching paint dry.

unstable monki
07-27-2005, 12:55 PM
oh well, its probably about time for a new av and sig anyway.
evil mods

what? i didn't say anything

FigureFour
07-27-2005, 03:07 PM
My signiture allways has been text and always will be.
It's not like anyone has ever had a cool image in their sig before anyway.

Ilaekae
07-27-2005, 05:25 PM
"Do people still use 56k??"

BITE ME!

I'm at 28k and my area's phones are still mostly rotary. Not all of us are rich or live in the big big city...

Zabur
07-27-2005, 05:37 PM
Meh, this is good. I really don't give a shit since I'm not on 56k, but good for....um..."them" people on 56k.

^.^

Yeef
07-27-2005, 05:46 PM
"Do people still use 56k??"

BITE ME!

I'm at 28k and my area's phones are still mostly rotary. Not all of us are rich or live in the big big city...In my lifetime I went from a rotary phone that was SO big and SO heavy that if a puma came at me I could KILL IT!

Now they've got a cellphone half the size of [ ] this and apparently if you shove it up your ass a fax comes out!

mofo09
07-27-2005, 05:56 PM
My signiture allways has been text and always will be.
It's not like anyone has ever had a cool image in their sig before anyway.


mine puts the cool in school

noah of the howards
07-27-2005, 07:36 PM
Just checkign to see how out of whack I am. I've got to think of some wayto shrink this down I suppose.

LUNCHBOX
07-27-2005, 11:36 PM
ilaekae:lol I don't live in a big city and I'm far from rich, most people just have highspeed here(as in my area of living and the area surounding it). I unno maybe it's cheaper in canada than in the states.

moof
07-28-2005, 12:34 AM
evil mods

/me whips

noremac
07-28-2005, 01:08 AM
sorry DN i dozed of what was that

DN
07-28-2005, 01:14 AM
I was merely laying out my plans to ban you. Nothing you really needed to read. :p

And obviously, we're not that strict if you're close to the rules. We're too lazy to edit everyone. However, if your sig is obnoxious and violates the rules, don't be surprised if we edit it.

H4eafy
07-28-2005, 04:02 AM
A lot of people are still using signatures that are higher than 60.

But im guessing that since its only text they will be ok so long as its not like 300 high.

A couple people on this page - but i wont say names. ;)Your secret is safe with me.

unstable monki
07-29-2005, 12:17 PM
/me whips
your avatar gives me nightmares, so im not about to mess with you

Onwakariudo
07-29-2005, 05:30 PM
Um, Isn't CK's sig too tall? I'm guessing the mods have special privileges though. Lucky bastards.:razz: lol

pootermobile
07-30-2005, 10:48 PM
"Do people still use 56k??"

BITE ME!

I'm at 28k and my area's phones are still mostly rotary. Not all of us are rich or live in the big big city...
holy...! where the hell do you live?!?!